The ASAL Humanitarian Network in close partnership with Oxfam in Kenya participated in a media roundtable during the Africa Climate Summit held in Nairobi Kenya in September 2023. Ahmed Ibrahim, Convener of the network participated as a panelist during this media event.

The primary focus of this discussion revolved around the far-reaching impact of the climate induced hunger crisis in Africa and the urgent need for increased national and global investment in climate action particularly within the Africa context. ASAL Kenya bears the greatest burden of the climate crisis and the members of the ASAL Humanitarian Networks are committed to taking a central role to influence climate action at the local and national levels.

During the event, the AHN highlighted the following key points:

1) The number of people affected by the climate crisis in ASAL Kenya in ASAL Kenya has doubled leading to a disruption in their coping mechanisms

2) Climate action requires an urgent, systematic and coordinated approach that holds the government accountable to actualize the policies that support and empower communities in crisis

3) Local solutions to the climate action need to be supported

A copy of the Oxfam Unfair Share report is available here